How High Can We Build?

What's the tallest THING we've ever built? How tall will we EVER be able to build?
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music by: / jakechudnow
Links:
see two sunrises/sunsets and calculate the Earth's Radius: www.darylscience.com/downloads...
also HERE: www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/t...
Tallest Structures TIMELINE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline...
Tallest list incorporating building/structure distinction: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
falling person and terminal velocity: www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci...
KWTV, first radio mast taller than the Empire State Building: www.fybush.com/sites/2004/site...
radio mast collapse VIDEO: • Radio Tower Collapses ...
Dubai and Burj Khalifa in fog: • Video
Pictures of Burj Khalifa: www.owips.com/burj-khalifa/
Burj Khalifa and Ramadan: www.emirates247.com/news/emira...
Shuttle / ISS height: serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/...
Sunrise from orbit VIDEO: • Video
XKCD Date Idea" blog.xkcd.com/2009/04/06/a-dat...
Space elevator: www.spaceward.org/ (be sure to enjoy the Conan Space Pirate Toy .gif)
www.spaceelevatorblog.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_el...
Another possible way to make a super-tall structure: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fo...

[@omegapng]

We can only build up 256 blocks.... duh!

[@PurpleCoin7777]

I know that website :P

[@Ijustmadeyoufamous]

I love this 😂

[@mellon6804]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha add a mod problem sloved

[@inwencja2009]

asd

[@AmandasAgenda]

Was about to comment that, thanks lol

[@rhino5463]

I like to imagine Michael went to Egypt for the sole purpose of getting that shot and saying those 2 sentences.

[@Skerdi]

K

[@sarrealpro5264]

K

[@alanarockia4132]

K

[@jyetime2052]

K? What?

[@hey-ml4gd]

K

[@lol23stormy]

I will tell you: The height limit is 319, according to the wiki of 1.19

[@JustJory]

used to be 128 a long time ago.

[@that_thunderstorm]

@@JustJory Havent heard this long before updates had a name

[@eboone]

@@jakelolzhaha you are just simply wrong

[@SkinnyScoutsillies]

@@jakelolzhaha they changed it to 319 in 1.18

[@jakelolzhaha]

@@eboone r/wooosh

[@Koopkiris]

As a younger person just recently discovering Vsauce, all of these videos hold up very well despite many being a decade old

[@Paperbutton9]

wow good for you buddy

[@Brunoenribeiro]

oh you're in for a treat, friend

[@op466_gaming9]

Grow up little guy

[@Thoomas2001]

​@@op466_gaming9Imagine telling someone to grow up for complimenting someone's work

[@Cool_Hwip]

​@op466_gaming9 shut up

[@thetrapkittysavethepoorlit8641]

This man went to Egypt just to say “and they stayed like that for 4,000 years” Mans a legend

[@UserNotFound-hv1ng]

indeed

[@kauzo7650]

He does that a lot

[@unknown-mn9wo]

Tru he is a legend

[@avnishshrivastava2272]

Or did he ?

[@kl4pp3d_78]

Also to Nile river in Africa

[@notme1998]

Michael, the kind of guy who goes to Egypt for a 10 seconds clip.

[@flowAws]

Lmao true

[@ceylpomilum7628]

Angelo Cella ikr

[@cobymccarthy2473]

*Second*

[@Jesse-cw5pv]

Yea.. that's definitely why he went there

[@cobymccarthy2473]

@@Jesse-cw5pv it is a joke you idiot

[@iliyagolfeshan6267]

This doesn't feel 11 yrs old

[@SignsBehindScience]

Because it's 12 years old

[@CZsWorld]

Nothing is more impressive that Kingda Ka holding the heigh record for coasters for nearly two decades.

[@OClurzxy]

NPC

[@trampbros3473]

@@OClurzxy The fact you saying "NPC" is a more NPC thing to say than what he did lmao

[@OClurzxy]

@@trampbros3473 shut up

[@lil_scooby1395]

I somehow always find CZsWorld in the comments. W videos

[@DarkzPlaya]

it's finally here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJmphqyIh8R-ntE

[@gibraltar4841]

This doesn't feel 8 years old

[@gibraltar4841]

@@worthyracket4354 Someone actually recognised it huh

[@DeletedTroll]

@Eren Vaughn So all these years it was already the end of [THE WORLD]. Makes sense.

[@superscatboy]

What does an 8 year old feel like?

[@krutzansemsablaon700]

@Eren Vaughn but that's only a Earth theory a theory

[@chrishansen8806]

I know

[@breadcat292]

3:12 When your seeing how high you can get a measuring tape and it collapses

[@spiderodude]

True lol

[@marygaskill3407]

Lol true

[@jcbjnr601]

Yep. Been there, done that

[@JMH702]

Lol

[@snoopado0p696]

so true, one time when i was about 3 years old i was seeing how high i could get a measuring tape and it got about 5 feet before collapsing on my head. if i look closely, i can still see a tiny scar there.

[@MacroDuPontOfficial]

such a genius, demonstrating earth is round without even trying...

[@zvalor2228]

This doesnt feel 11 years old

[@ausbruhh5391]

5% of people: talking about the video 95% of people: *the limit is 256 blocks*

[@Mayorfoxia82]

DJ WITHER FTW it’s the other way aroubd

[@ivanna3111]

@@Mayorfoxia82 nah

[@zoomerguyyt]

95% comments are from legends

[@Saturnares]

@ZZ UP you're no fun lol

[@The10bren10]

like lego blocks

[@kyodainadrip]

Long answer: **watch the video** Short answer: 256 blocks

[@gnoof2513]

@Ruari Dalgleish splish splash, your opinion is trash

[@fedora0bear48]

718 minecraft feet

[@EnerJetix]

Unoriginal

[@kaoutarhosni9575]

Add a public comment 😊

[@familyfive05]

Copied from top comment.

[@kizo]

Michael's videos are just timeless, they just can't get old.

[@wauhti6358]

*Or would they?*

[@shhanskar]

can we get much higher

[@toxicyosh1398]

As long as you have a water bucket, you’re free to jump off buildings

[@mariosakic1283]

Skill?

[@madide3978]

But just DON’T dig straight down

[@wojtekpolska1013]

not really. if the pool isn't 2 blocks deep you can sometimes still take damage

[@dylanphillips4007]

unfunny

[@jamesfair9751]

Willow & Dominoes I think you mean straight. Strait is a passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water or it can mean a difficult situation.

[@harrisongluvar]

This was made 8 years ago and video quality hasn't dropped

[@kylaxial]

it might've actually been better...

[@I_Santos_]

The Scary clown At first I also laughed and thought, “why would the video quality drop? Once it has been recorded it will stay the same!“ But I think they mean that as entertaining as his old stuff was, the entertainment quality has not dropped in his new videos even after all this time.

[@anarchy735]

Holy moly! I didn't notice this video is 8 years old! That's insane.

[@ayoublaazazi523]

@@nelser1160 he meant content quality ;D

[@Yikeowsky]

highest we can build is 256 blocks

[@footive9246]

This video is 10years old and the sound and video quality is better than 90% of other videos these days with top tier content

[@No_True_Scotsman]

Why do people think 2012 was so long ago 😭

[@Diminisherrr]

KZbin be like, you haven't watched this video in 11 years. Time to watch it again.

[@user-vo2vn4op8e]

Vsauce: how high can we get? Snoop dogg:

[@NHAFFFF]

Snoop dogg;🌿🌿🌿

[@roel9314]

Gomey World marijuana 🍁

[@itsschecho.148]

Ben Lee sky fukn high like fkn high high

[@H.Kuznetsov]

420 likes LMAO

[@deadasfboi]

He got ⛽

[@stalemate9730]

7:51 Props to Michael and his crew for spending all that time building a space elevator just for his viewers.

[@joeeeee256]

Ahahahah this is what I was looking for after all these egypt comments 😆

[@5ay72pyz7]

No its a picture

[@definitelynotamexicanskele6913]

@@5ay72pyz7 you must be fun a parties

[@justin-ju4eo]

@@definitelynotamexicanskele6913 leave the child alone

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

@@5ay72pyz7 r/wooosh

[@QuementRBLX]

1:50 Props to Michael for jumping off a tall building for a video

[@prins5793]

CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER

[@FireDiamond4]

Everybody gangsta till someone build up 257 blocks.

[@kayagorzan]

Definitely will be a madlad

[@turkishpen]

Cubic chunks mod

[@uwnoodle]

pistons? or am i dumb

[@colonialpig8840]

So we back in the mines, got our pickaxes swinging from side to side, side side to side...

[@thetruebleu014]

Colonial Pig this task a grueling one... hope we find some diamonds tonight night night, diamonds tonight...

[@HsmileA]

You're all ignoring the most obvious question How high can we get?

[@HsmileA]

***** high on weed bro

[@Oyashiro_Chama]

HsmileA 3 whole marijuana

[@TH-nr8be]

Whole weed marijuana

[@lesterjames-brooks4095]

you can take advantage of how hight you are. just get really high lying on your stomach and then quickly pop up into standing position and you'll feel loads higher

[@Thomium]

Lester James-Brooks You kinda missed the joke here buddy...

[@noct252]

i see 'that cathedral in england' every day and man i couldnt believe when i found out a few years ago that that was a world record building

[@Nova-vw6bi]

This video is a decade old, let that sink in

[@zizi33girlpanini87]

Jesus

[@Josh-kt3mn]

Imagine being in the elevator. “What floor are you going to?” “Floor 7,351” “oh me too”.

[@wtrfrt]

Sorry but im going to floor 3,091,457,404. And get back down to floor 63.

[@mr.mcmanudry7651]

actually, i'm going to floor 26,863

[@GDCilia]

JoshV 93 Sorry, Im going to floor 4.975 trillion.

[@andrewj1825]

That's an interesting prospect. It would give you some time to get to know whomever you're riding on the elevator with.

[@lunaticnomad0]

It must be more than 200 elevators for easier transportation

[@applepie1272]

Just fold a paper 50 times you'll reach the sun

[@ProGaming-ll8mf]

What?

[@ProGaming-ll8mf]

@@nyalmcauley3398 haha ok

[@ansh6370]

@@ProGaming-ll8mf Well, it's a simple and stupid idea. Fold a paper, and it'll double in length. Keep doubling till you reach the sun.

[@larawabsie]

Pretty sure Michael said it in a video.

[@thorrex]

I don't get it

[@Jaytheshinobi]

Why do Vsauce videos age so FUCKING GOOD

[@thisistheway8871]

Can we just appreciate how this was made 8 years ago and when he barely had subs and this man's went all the way to Egypt just to say a few words.Mad respect to him

[@xycrol]

He had like 1 million subs

[@thisistheway8871]

It's still expensive to go to Egypt and only say a few words.Nobody with a million subs would go Eygtpt to say few words

[@f1shyspace]

@@thisistheway8871 maybe he *wanted* to go to Egypt and saw this as an opportunity

[@thisistheway8871]

@@f1shyspace Maybe he found it as an opportunity but if it was to say a few words it would be a waste of money

[@thezipcreator]

@@thisistheway8871 Tom Scott would lmao

[@kingexus3444]

3:12 When you extend the tape measure too long

[@itsrouge.]

stupidly accurate

[@boraulker9213]

Lol nice one

[@mikeHubbell]

100%🤣

[@lanikilchrist2399]

🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱😺😺😺😺😺😺😸😸😸😸😸😸 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@eesaf7969]

FOR REEEEAALL🤣👏

[@mrbuttertoast]

These vids from Michael catch you into watching the whole thing, wow.

[@NickAndriadze]

I love how this video about how high of a building can we possibly build quickly transformed about a guide on how you can watch two whole sunsets *in a row.*

[@richardthomas5362]

ADHD moment probably.

[@Paperbutton9]

everyone on this comment section is cringe

[@psivewri]

No matter how much time passes, it's always great to go back and watch old Vsauce videos :)

[@unluckychalk9376]

Hey i dont sub 2 you 😃

[@Jolgeable]

yes!

[@Felipe-dn4db]

I see you're verified

[@VheNoah]

Recent as heck

[@olasulel2525]

But its old. Or is it?

[@susbedoo]

Me: hey Vsauce, how are you? Vsauce: interesting question, but first, what is you?

[@Amanda-qe5lj]

*starts looking at my own fingers, sweating profusely*

[@l.o.r.s.k.y]

I'll do you one better, why is you?

[@toastinvietnam7914]

Ill do you both better, HOW are you?

[@Aakash_Goswami1]

I'll do you one better, when is you?

[@shryoder]

*I'll do you one better, who are you?*

[@SnappBacc]

Bruh all I can think of is the Tower of Babel 💀

[@codman09]

Really tho

[@MegaJohnwesly]

Lol me too

[@mousamayas]

This doesn’t feel 10 years old.

[@Nightweaver1]

Yeah, it's over eight years later and we still don't have space elevators.

[@onlylars]

Yeee

[@jonathandcc23]

itll take another decade for sure... space elevators provide engineers with a myriad of problems...

[@XANIBALXREMIXORS]

@@jonathandcc23 if we're lucky it would be in a century, no way in a decade. there's no plans for doing it nowadays even.

[@lukechandra6233]

@@XANIBALXREMIXORS our Great Leader will do it. He is already doing Space Force

[@jonathandcc23]

​@@lukechandra6233 wait, what? hes doing space force? like, sexually?

[@XZ1.]

Michael went to Egypt just to film a 5 seconds clip. This man is a legend.

[@nachiketnalamati564]

*Tom Scott has entered the chat*

[@GoofyGooberGoblin]

E

[@GoofyGooberGoblin]

BurritoV69420 epic gamer has entered the chat

[@jonas9]

@@GoofyGooberGoblin who the frick is epic gamer?

[@himalpandey09]

@@jonas9 lol 😂🤣

[@francobuzzetti9424]

it's amazing how much better his videos got once you get back to the older ones

[@malign3158]

The KVLYTV tower in North Dakota is super cool!! I fly around up here in ND and I immediately thought of it when Michael started talking about the tallest stuff, and I wondered if that thing even made the list. It’s awesome to know that it does😄

[@piperflaherty7106]

Imagine getting one upped by a radio tower.

[@alexanderthompson5713]

Radio towers are much easier to build higher because they don't have to be habitable. Its more incredible when a radio tower gets one upped by a building.

[@colonialpig8840]

It's called a joke...

[@savagewolfcubing386]

I just made a boomboom in my pants and it smells bad

[@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059]

@@savagewolfcubing386 *_Ayo hold up_*

[@n1ws1]

who hurt u man :(

[@katuvideot8689]

The height limit for buldings is 256 blocks.

[@BeanMachine360]

NO END THIS JOKE ITS NOT FUNNY

[@luterking9997]

M

[@pishly8768]

Lmao

[@Superlalo_1]

@@BeanMachine360 r/whooosh

[@prismancy7182]

SuperlaloGaming its not really "whoosh" they understood it was a joke.

[@popz4470]

My very first vsauce video that i watched right around 2012 too

[@100ksubsnovidsss]

just jump and place bricks below you

[@R4MY]

3,000 subs with no videos then put a bounce pad

[@deqnq1705]

I doubt that it would work

[@Amy-wi1pt]

deqnq _alt dats a woosh

[@deqnq1705]

Reddit is overrated

[@krashsite2125]

Zerg, you just got Woooshed in an attempt to wooosh someone else! He understood the joke.

[@user-sj9tu7om8o]

Vsauce Definition: the most excusable form of procrastination

[@benjaminnewlon7865]

I should be doing homework right now...

[@sumarasaeed2725]

Benjamin Newlon same

[@revistas9138]

Me 2

[@Garlic_Bread69]

Finally answering the question "can we get much higher"

[@jakubszwarc1916]

Me, being Polish, seeing the Warsaw radio tower: oh thats nice Me 15 seconds later: yep thats about right

[@nyankahana6447]

ah ci polacy zawsze coś zepsują

[@toriajss890]

mikasa eren co nie

[@kaimajak3791]

Same lol

[@jakubszwarc1916]

@Mr. Hamster bruh

[@jakubszwarc1916]

@Mr. Hamster No, its ok I know where the stereotype i coming from. Poland is not really a rich country, it's more like upper middle class. Besides even some poor countries have internet, depends on the region.

[@Piezo__]

6:20 Checkmate, flat earthers.

[@meemman843]

03:45 Ta da

[@mauricethegecko9700]

FiSh EyE lEnSe

[@wta1518]

nO bEcAuSE iT's jUsT nAsA cHaNgiNG yOuR vIsIoN

[@subzero.cuber47]

@@wta1518 are u flat earth Edit: ok now I know it's a joke STOP SPAMMING MY INBOXXXXX

[@iargoni2080]

@@subzero.cuber47 bruh it’s a joke

[@hughjanus6975]

Vsauce classics I watched when I was a kid are the only things that make me feel old now.

[@grug925]

“Can we get much higher?” - Vsause

[@advaypradhan1826]

Imagine if an idiot kid presses all the buttons in the elevator of the Burj Khalifa with you in it

[@mythicize2351]

Oh fuck I have an idea

[@advaypradhan1826]

Oh no

[@GIimiar]

he gon skrrt and hit the dab like burj khalifa

[@cymes82]

I'm fairly sure, that the newer elevator models have a "cancel" button, especially for such cases.

[@hazardperceptiontest]

@@cymes82 Its more fun to think about the possibilities if all buttons were pressed and there wasn't any cancel buttons though.

[@eilishdaily1660]

Michael: “So, lay down on your stomach then quickly pop up into a standing position. You’ll see the last little bit of the sun again.” People with iron deficiency: *stands up* “whoa- wha-?” *passes out*

[@eilishdaily1660]

dghi what

[@pizzi5104]

@dghi My dude, that was a Minecraft reference.

[@e.knutsson]

Pizza boi what no

[@brooktrout8568]

This is the most retarded comment/thread I have ever read

[@solt635]

@@pizzi5104 wait wtf

[@MoReL70]

Bro, I swear, Michael's old videos doesn't feel "old" at all. They're so ahead of its time, ngl.

[@AnonymousForCS]

Fr

[@WeirdAlSuperFan]

it's b/c nothing's happened in the last 10 years (; _ ;)

[@certifiedidiot0]

The answer is simple. It used to be 256 in 1.17, but they changed it to 320 in 1.18 update

[@Soham.69]

New patchnote soon

[@Stannard1603]

Does this meen we need different time zones for height?

[@Stannard1603]

+Luke Colistra oh okay, thanks btw :)

[@_GatoradeMeBitch]

though if you live on top of the mt. everest, it would be good for you to move your clock to compensate the height, just to be accurate with the time.

[@baipattu4972]

The time in your 'time zone' remains the same no matter how tall a building is. The people in the upper floors would experience sunrise and sunset at a different time than people on the ground, but they all still share the same "time zone".

[@_GatoradeMeBitch]

BAI PATTU Yes, though theorically a tall enough building would experience the sunrise and set entirely different from the location of the base of the building, and therefore there could be timezones with height too.

[@baipattu4972]

+Fuckification Most time zones differ by 30 mins. People at the top of burj khalifa experience sunset 2 mins after people at the base. To experience the sunset 30 mins after the base the building would have to be 15 times its current height. It currently stands at 2722 ft. 15 times that would be 40,830 ft. Commercial airliners cruise at 36,000 ft. LOL

[@cloud__zero]

5:12 aaaaand one more argument to debunk flat earthers

[@tadhgogorman3459]

funny how you have a Lapis picture in a video about space elevators.

[@cloud__zero]

+tadhg ogorman why ?

[@cloud__zero]

+Contra hackers! ooooooh true I forgot

[@matejlj]

My thoughy exactly!

[@tls5870]

I somehow think they'd still come up with some bullshit about optical effects and light diffraction or something. They have all sorts of halfwit answers for everything.

[@dominiczoma922]

"Why build a Space elevator? 'Cause its awesome" Bro is spitting fax

[@BingusGod]

Girl: I just like you as a friend... Michael: Or do you?

[@theincredibleminecake5556]

@Everything Is Here Lets start with the basics. What is a friend, and what is love? *music grows louder*

[@adrian2827]

Where are your fingers

[@tylercoates7088]

Girl: Yes?

[@BingusGod]

Tyler Coates 😘😘

[@centiments11]

Bunnee Cellooo Michael: where are my fingers? *while touching woman’s parts*

[@alien.co.]

He went to Egypt for a 5 second clip!... What a legend

[@novablast1695]

Gotta be baddass as Micheal

[@singhal.keshav]

No he went to egypt to visit the monuments and the history and returned and made a video where he included a clip from his visit

[@Akhimed]

@@singhal.keshav but still one of the reasons he went there was to say some of the script from his videos, what we mean is he knew and was working on this video from before he was there

[@ext609]

@@Akhimed yeah thats really cool

[@BerkOfficial1]

@@singhal.keshav r/wooooosh

[@ej_makesvideos]

11 year anniversary for this video

[@IM_GOING_TO_GET_YOU_GREECE1299]

Ayo 11 years

[@aaronking4524]

He just proved the earth is round as well.

[@mr.mcmanudry7651]

Oh wow he did

[@yungpeppa7277]

Ummm no its not

[@yungpeppa7277]

Because my microwave has magical technologies that calculate that the earth is flat using walmart popcorn

Naw, the guy next door

[@WilliamSmith-ni6fm]

donny youkhana you just got bamboozled

[@Wangdalf]

Did he REALLY just go to Egypt just to say a couple of words for a video? ...

[@ArnoldsKnoks]

yes

[@lereff1382]

....of course, what do you expect.

[@Jacquelissa]

I guess he was just visiting Egypt and decided to make a video there

[@CyberWTF]

That is why he takes 3 months for each video

[@grindingpepper7810]

My concern is that he says Egypt is in the middle east, the Nile is in Africa

[@MooseShower]

I remember watching this when it was pretty recently new. Crazy how I got recommended it again after so long

[@vannhantran547]

Michael might be the one who built Pryramid

[@t.d.writer1589]

8:59 when my parents ask if I would jump off a cliff with my friends

[@hongry9142]

dont do did

[@lockdownMxx]

Tai Ketchum yeah, that’s me

[@mlg8605]

Anton Abad wow you actually believe he would r/wooosh

[@hongry9142]

What was the comment there?

[@user-ru9wf4yx7r]

You are lucky to even have friends.

[@lukaluhtanen7827]

Vsauce = Viisaus in finnish Viisaus = Intelligence

[@iva1987]

Maybe he used that word cause he knew it means that

[@LazoGT]

Iv a i mean, if thats not it, then what does it mean?

[@iva1987]

@@LazoGT but what if it does mean that,then as vsauce would say: or dosent it??😮 Hmmmm? Thats something We will never know as these answers of the universe still are not completelly answerred...

[@JohnJohnson-dj2dv]

How do you say "pipe dream" in Finnish?

[@kristianpaltila5008]

viisaus= wisdom

[@marcusfoto]

the background music / voices that start around @7:39 needs to go Vsauce - love love love this vid tho and can't wait to show my son two sunsets in one day next time we at the beach!

[@JDogVids]

Wow when I played halo (yes I know halo isn't the first to have space elevators but it is to me) I didn't think space elevators would even be close to possible but the thought of them being potentially feasible one day blows my mind and makes me excited for what the future has to bring!

[@vaibhavdalip]

Think how easy it would be to target and destroy a space elevator...

[@cunt8027]

Yomama

[@arcturus9366]

Of course. With space buildings, space wars will also come

[@WinterbIue]

Who needs a space war? The good old usa vs russia stereotype will suffice if one of them builds a space elevator.

[@cunt8027]

RθBORAVER but before space wars, there must first be STAR WARS

[@uuu12343]

Nine Tailed Box *plays scrolling text and George Lucas theme*

[@skyDoesMath]

Girls who are “5,2” will still say it’s not tall enough

[@bso_av]

Lol

[@jomo5800]

*laughs in 159cm*

[@nickotonic8073]

Lmfao

[@riceismyname5491]

5'2 girl here, can deny

[@nickotonic8073]

@@riceismyname5491 it's a joke, lmfao. The joke is about the unrealistic standards of short women wanting a really tall man

[@yoesephja1603]

This is the first Vsauce video I ever saw, back around its release.

[@AuroraBoBora]

this really is a delightful time capsule

[@mineman_200pro2]

How high can we get? Well it depends how much weed you have

[@nomadic-loyalist]

+Mineman_200 pro (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°)

[@nomadic-loyalist]

+Mineman_200 pro (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°)

[@BKINDY]

+Mineman_200 pro *you just made my day*

[@saladmander5424]

+LeEgyptianReptilianRarePepe the illuminati Isreal

[@dog9662]

+LeEgyptianReptilianRarePepe ͜ 8つ

[@prettymuchtheapexofhumanev5810]

"Why build a space elevator? - Because it's awesome." Alright, you got me on board!

[@aferotorrington1909]

Also to launch rockets off of in order to use much less fuel

[@dentano5317]

Shut up

[@TheBloxxedSanarcati]

@@dentano5317 how about you too?

[@tgm2104]

Remind me if 1 Gundam series

[@TRN180]

199 likes let me fix that

[@kristinakoprek629]

vsauce is the best youtuber 2015-2021

[@nikthefix8918]

The laying down / standing up double sunset is handy if you're on the lookout for the Green Flashes - twice the chance of seeing them.

[@user-lk8lq1pm5h]

3:37 Michael: This is the first time I've ever touched the Nile. **crocodile happy noises**

[@KyleOakes45]

Crocodile: my time has come

[@masterspark9880]

Sobek: You’ve fallen right into my trap

[@micahneo8985]

Micheal: adios

[@isak686]

you can build 256 blocks

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Indian Tech Support That's in Minecraft, and the Eiffel Tower beat the Minecraft world height limit

[@AndrooUK]

SciBlast Official / New Videos No shit.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Ghostly xDDDDDD Do you think I didn’t get that joke? I laughed at it when I first saw it Aside from that... I do want Minecraft to have a higher height limit so we can build in “space”

[@KedraIrke]

The End is a better fit for "Space" in Minecraft.

[@johnfruci7435]

Indian Tech Support lol

[@kevinqwen221]

There is always an old Vsauce that we haven't watched. 😂

[@danieleatwell7757]

This is the start of peak Vsauce!

[@EASYTIGER10]

8:55 Why build a space elevator? "Because it would be....AWESOME!" :) Best reason!

[@CoolestAdventures]

vsauce could make paint drying seem Interesting

[@RonBest]

But what is paint?

[@no1legobatmanfan]

+RonBest It's an object, Or is it?

[@Kaiwala]

He actually could though. Like- HEY Vsauce, Micheal here and you caught me just painting my wall. Painting is fun, but it takes a long time to dry. So let's watch it dry shall we? Camera shot changes to use getting a good look at the wall from the side with Michael popping in from the left "Paint drying may seem boring, but there is actually alot of processes happening. yadayadayada idk anything about paint.

[@jeretoon8350]

Watching paint drying is boring Or is it? By the mathematical terms blabalbalblajandislsjsguosaidbwdljbdwljfbwdkjvbsdljbfourwi

[@subscribetopewdiepie6914]

But if I watched paint, would it ever dry? Lets find out.

[@evan.z974]

This feels like it just got released yesterday

[@animeclips5518]

Still in my feed after a decade.

[@prestongarvy8743]

Wtf this went from building heights to sunsets

[@Colaman112]

You must be new here.

[@caydenblue]

Cockatiel That's Vsauce for ya

[@pentox6692]

I don't care how high in real world we can build but we can build up to 256 blocks above bedrock in minecraft

[@dixienormous8167]

I'll mark it on your map

[@prestongarvy8743]

This section is perfect 😂 besides there's a settlement up in space. I'll mark it on your map

[@furbait3442]

3:48 that would have been an insane *Flex* in 2012

[@Luffy-un5du]

flex? he didn't stretch, i can though.

[@UNKNOWNUSER-fv6nk]

@@Luffy-un5du dumb fuck

[@tev5040]

@@UNKNOWNUSER-fv6nk LOL

[@acidtsunami2875]

@@UNKNOWNUSER-fv6nk well said dead meme

[@UNKNOWNUSER-fv6nk]

@@acidtsunami2875 ligma

[@franklincassidy4927]

Even after 10yrs, this video is still quality

[@NickDoddTV]

Still a Vsauce banger 11 years later.

[@shinigami891]

Michael: “So, lay down on your stomach then quickly pop up into a standing position. You’ll see the last little bit of the sun again.” Flat Earthers: Wait... that's illegal!

[@arsyahr138]

wElL uM tHaTs BecAUse **insert word flat earthers dont even understand here**

[@theoneandonlycrabnebula3618]

@@arsyahr138 if i was a flat earther i wouldnt* understand a word that you were saying

[@cluelesss7369]

TIMESTAMP

[@aaaaa-id3dz]

The one and only crab nebula wouldn’t*

[@snowo_shiza]

@@cluelesss7369 6:09

[@StopFear]

What's funny is that, potentially, if a bunch of bombs exploded at the bottom of space elevator on earth where it is held to the ground it could probably fly away into space. lol

[@velocipede3663]

StopFear No, tension and newtons 2 and law will make earths gravity at the base still compensate for spaces force outward

[@Milesco]

It depends on how tall it is and where the center of gravity is. It is theoretically possible to build a tower that is so tall that centrifugal force counteracts its weight (or _more_ than counteracts its weight), rendering the tower weightless or even having negative weight. In that case, the foundation of the tower, instead of "supporting" it, would actually be holding it down. And if it were to fail, the tower would fly off into space.

[@Milesco]

No, centrifugal. They're actually two sides of the same coin. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In any system where tension is being placed on a rope or similar structure, the forces that create the tension pull in both directions. If I tie a rope around a tree and pull on it, the tree is pulling back (in the opposite direction) with equal force. So if an object is "suspended" in space from a tether point on the surface of the earth such that the spin of the earth causes it to want to fly away and put tension on the tether, that tether is experiencing both centripetal and centrifugal force. The object's inertia pulls on the tether (centrifugal force). The tether is pulling it toward earth and keeping it in a circular orbit (centripetal force). Because the forces are balanced, the object stays in its circular path around the earth. Since I'm talking about that aspect of the tensile forces that is pulling away from earth, the correct term would be centrifugal force.

[@Milesco]

Yes, taylo, I get that. My father was an engineer, and he explained this concept to me when I was a kid. I understand exactly what you're saying. The moving object, if it were allowed to go free, would not fly directly outward from the center of rotation. It would go in a straight line at a tangent to the circle, which is at a 90 degree angle to the center of rotation. But *_because_* you have to pull the object toward the center in order to make it go around in a circle, the object has the effect of pulling away from the center with the same force. (In order to avoid repeating myself, I refer you back to my “two sides of the same coin” discussion above.) The tether that connects the object with the center of rotation would feel itself stretched - a force pulling on it toward the center and an equal force pulling in the opposite direction. The inward force is centripetal, and the outward force is centrifugal. Yes, as I said, if you were to release the object from its tether, it wouldn’t fly directly away from the center, but instead would travel on a tangent to the circle. But as long is it is traveling in a circle, it is indeed pulling on that tether in a directly outward direction, just as the center is pulling on the object in the inward direction with equal force. I think it’s clear at this point that we both understand the physics of it - we’re actually in agreement, I think, and in fact, my responses to you are really for the benefit of others reading this, so they can fully understand the concept. It’s really a matter of semantics. But as you said, centrifugal force appears quite real to the object being rotated (and indeed, it’s how centrifuges work), so I think my original comment about centrifugal force counteracting a [super-tall] tower’s weight is still valid.

[@vanessita120]

Following your thoughts : ''.. The object's inertia pulls on the tether (centrifugal force). The tether is pulling it toward earth and keeping it in a circular orbit (centripetal force). Because the forces are balanced, the object stays in its circular path around the earth.'' Would it somehow affect earth's rotation speed?

[@starry4471]

Fun fact: the cost per pound to Earth orbit has reduced nearly tenfold to just $1,200 per pound.

[@SmallRufus]

This doesn’t feel 11 Years old.

[@randumb3262]

6:09 Must be awkward for Flat-Earth theorists

[@damomguy2801]

*sweats in flat-earthers*

[@mariusd6100]

No they will probably just say the sun is an actor paid by the government

[@richardescobar9306]

BREEEDAS obviously it is

[@Scientists_dont_lie]

Why would it? First all flat earthers believe earth is round. Just not a sphere. Also if you only need your body size to see two sunsets that proves that it doesn't need to be a globe. Two sun sets can be seen on a flat earth. It's due to perspective not curvature. This can be simulated on a flat surface

[@russianroomba9948]

@@Scientists_dont_lie No, its due to the curvature

[@EdgarRoock]

4:21 Fun fact: The ISS is so close to Earth that the astronauts inside are exposed to almost the same gravitational pull as we on Earth. They only float like in space because of the high orbiting speed which constantly sweeps away the floor below the astronauts while they are falling towards Earth.

[@truetruetru]

Cool

[@creativehen]

That was entirely explained in a vsauce video.

[@ib7566]

That's how everything orbits.

[@Darkusaido]

thx but I knew it already

[@chriswebster24]

Yeah, and the moon only stays up in the sky above us like it does for the same exact reason. It’s high orbiting speed keeps it from falling onto the Earth, and Earth’s gravity keeps it from floating away, just like how everything else that orbits something does.

[@EvilTim1911]

I'm still waiting for the sequel to this - How high can we get?

[@suspicioussand]

can we get much higher

[@fangier0]

I knew you are gonna tell about the radio station in Poland. It's insane that country I live in built one of the tallest structures ever.